microbiome

Our intestines are home to between 500 to 1000 of bacterial species. The delicate balance between these play an important role in our well-being, digestion, immunity, mood, but also in the production of certain vitamins. After writing about how to interpret your microbiome, I got curious as to...

Introduction The human body hosts hundreds of billions of bacteria, a number that varies with the food we eat, how often we wash ourselves, brush our teeth, take antibiotics or drink alcohol or other antibacterials (ginger, garlic, turmeric), but generally exceeds the number of human cells, and...

Less than two months ago, it was reported (e.g. here and here) that 90% of the cells in our body were actually microbes, and only 10% were our human cells made by our DNA. Microbes affect our whole existence. We couldn't survive without them. They help us digest food, fight other microbes, and...